Saturday, 5 October 2025,

12:00 Noon till 6:00 pm

Auburn Avenue Research Library
101 Auburn Ave NE,
Atlanta, GA 30303

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

All Eyes on Palestine: An Update From the West Bank

Hear local activists report back on their time with the International Solidarity Movement, providing nonviolent protective presence and accompaniment in the West Bank to support the Palestinian popular struggle against settler colonialism. In addition to discussion current conditions on the ground amid rising settler and IDF violence, there will be a discussion of Atlanta’s role in funding the Israeli military and how we can get more involved in supporting citizens under fire. 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

The Future is physical: Keep Your Books!

As digital formats dominate our media landscape, physical media remains crucial for both personal and public well-being. Our speakers will explore how physical formats provide long-term preservations stability, ensure continued access despite technological changes, and serve communities with limited digital infrastructure. We’ll discuss the unique value of physical collections, the role of libraries as cultural stewards, and practical strategies for maintaining physical media. 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Black Anarchism & Anti-fascism with JoNina Abron-Ervin & Lornezo Kom’Boa Ervin

Join this community conversation with two lifelong Black anarchist revolutionaries: JoNina Abron Ervin, the last editor of the original Black Panther newspaper and author of Driven By the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era; and Lorenzo Kom’Boa Ervin, former political prisoner and author of the classic text, Anarchism and the Black Revolution. More relevant now than ever, the Ervins will offer key reflections from their lifetimes in the ongoing struggle against racism and fascism. 

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

African Film Night Presents: “A Luta Continua”

We are excited to host a special screening of this 1971 documentary depicting FRELIMO’s struggle for the independence of Mozambique from Portugal. Directed by Robert Van Lierop and filmed by Africans from the US in 1971 within liberated zones of the country, the documentary has been called, “one of the most effective … for the mobilization of international solidarity.”